It “thr(ew) a lifeline to people at high risk of losing insurance or being uninsured, including young adults and people with chronic health problems, and it has made a start toward reforming the costly, dysfunctional American health care system.”

Fact check

Obamacare rips off most Americans. Wellpoint, Inc. wrote it. It’s America’s largest managed healthcare company. It benefits from provisions it included. So do other healthcare giants.

They said “premiums for many individuals and small businesses could increase sharply next year because of the health-care overhaul law, with the nation’s biggest firm projecting that rates could more than double for some consumers buying their own plans.”

US healthcare is outrageously expensive. It’s double the cost of other developed nations. It performs poorly by comparison. It does so in terms of life expectancy, infant mortality, preventive care, and affordable services.

Don’t expect Times editors to explain. They support wealth, power and privilege. They betray regular readers in the process. An open letter challenged them.

It urged them to act responsibly. It said doing so is its own reward. It said try it sometime and see.

It asked why they support wrong over right. It said it’s never too late to change. It proposed an offer too important to refuse. Try publishing “All the News That’s Fit to Print” for real, it urged.

It touched the right nerves. It got widespread readership. It fell on deaf ears. It showed in claiming Obamacare works. It’s a healthcare rationing system. It’s for private enrichment. It bears repeating. Don’t expect Times editors to explain.